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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, § 12 (2026)

Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; warrant; clerk and surveyor

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Section 12. If four or more persons are the proprietors and rightful occupants of a private way or bridge, and three of them make application in writing to a clerk of the district court of the district or the clerk of the city or town wherein the private way or bridge is located or to a justice of the peace to call a proprietors' meeting, the clerk or justice may issue his warrant therefor, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting. The warrant shall be posted in a public place of the town in which such way or bridge is situated, seven days at least before the time appointed for the meeting. The proprietors and occupants so assembled shall choose a clerk and surveyor, who shall be sworn. They may determine the manner of calling future meetings, what repairs of the way or bridge are necessary and the proportion of money and of labor and materials to be furnished by each proprietor and occupant for such repairs. The surveyor shall have the same powers with respect to such way or bridge as are exercised by surveyors of highways.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1996–1996 · leading case: Popponesset Beach Ass'n v. Marchillo, 658 N.E.2d 983 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996).
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Popponesset Beach Ass'n v. Marchillo, 658 N.E.2d 983 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 4× “A judge of the Superior Court determined that, on the evidence, there was no title-based obligation, that the defendants could not be made involuntary members of the Association, and that they were not liable for its charges, except such as they might be bound to pay for road…”
Rasnick v. Herring, 6 Mass. L. Rptr. 161 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1996). · cites it 6× “Second, plaintiff asserts that the election of officers of the “Proprietors of Brussels Street and Appian Way” (hereinafter, the “Proprietors”) was in violation of G.L.c. 84, §12 and that, because said *162 officers were not duly elected, their levying of certain monetary…”
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